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We Work Again (1937)

UNRATED 15 min  -  Short | Documentary
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A tribute to the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in their efforts to find jobs for African-Americans during the Great Depression of the 1930s.

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Eric Burroughs, Jack Carter and Lawrence Chenault
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We Work Again -- A tribute to the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in their efforts to find jobs for African-Americans during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
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Cast

Uncredited cast:
Eric Burroughs Eric Burroughs ...
Hecate (uncredited)
Jack Carter Jack Carter ...
Macbeth (uncredited)
Lawrence Chenault Lawrence Chenault ...
Doctor (uncredited)
Alma Dickson Alma Dickson ...
The Duchess (uncredited)
Maurice Ellis Maurice Ellis ...
Macduff (uncredited)
Juanita Hall Juanita Hall ...
Herself - Choir Director (uncredited)
Bertram Holmes Bertram Holmes ...
Young Macduff (uncredited)
Zola King Zola King ...
Third Witch (uncredited)
Canada Lee Canada Lee ...
Banquo (uncredited)
Edna Thomas Edna Thomas ...
Lady Macbeth (uncredited)
Josephine Williams Josephine Williams ...
Second Witch (uncredited)
Wilhelmina Williams Wilhelmina Williams ...
First Witch (uncredited)
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Storyline

In the 1930s, the economic depression has been especially hard on African-American families and communities. But the federal government's Works Progress Administration now provides many new opportunities for employment and advancement. Both skilled and unskilled laborers are employed in many public works projects. Others find work in a wide range of fields, including education, medicine, and even music and the performing arts. Written by Snow Leopard  

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Plot Keywords:

Works Progress Administration | African American | Job | Great Depression | Theatre  | See more »

Genres:

Short | Documentary

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Filming Locations:

Bolling Field, Washington, District of Columbia, USA See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Federal Works Agency, Works Progress Administration See more »
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Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

One of the 50 films in the 4-disk boxed DVD set called "Treasures from American Film Archives (2000)", compiled by the National Film Preservation Foundation from 18 American film archives. This film was preserved by the National Archives and Records Administration. This movie contains the only known footage of the 1936 production of "Macbeth" produced by the Negro Theatre Unit of the Federal Theatre Project of the WPA, and directed by Orson Welles when he was 20 years old. See more »

Crazy Credits

The narrator credits Juanita Hall as the choir director during the sequence
showing the choir. She is barely visible at the left. See more »

Connections

Edited into "The American Experience: The Battle Over Citizen Kane (#8.7)" (1996) See more »

Soundtracks

"Ezekial Saw the Wheel"
Conducted by Juanita Hall See more »